Mancini Uselessly Weighs In On Stadium Debate
Roberto Mancini has uselessly thrown his weight in on the London Stadium debate at West Ham.
Mancini who has been linked with the West Ham job in recent months decided that with his architectural prowess he should comment on the London Stadium effect. Why? Who knows.
If Mancini were really being discussed for the job is he trying to temper expectations in advance of his getting it? Make people think that it is the stadiums fault should he fail and not his own? Obviously he is allowed to have an opinion on the matter. But if he’s in negotiations for the job or realizes that it may soon be his then he should probably be finding ways to succeed rather than fail in what could be his new home.
He commented:
"“‘I believe in the Juventus Stadium effect – the stadium gives Juventus seven or eight points more a season. You want to know what happened at West Ham? The new Olympic Stadium does not have the same atmosphere as Upton Park. There was a different atmosphere, more noise. I realised this a few days ago when I went to see the match against Manchester City.”"
Stadium Effect
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If the comparison here is to Juventus there are a lot of differences besides just the stadium and hopefully he knows that. In terms of national dominance the only teams that can speak to Juventus on that level are Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. So perhaps discounting their record before the new stadium isn’t really a great idea? If West Ham were to turn into the 27 time champions that Juventus were before their new stadium then that would be wonderful. Wouldn’t it?
Like all new things the London Stadium is going to take time to get used to. Ultimately it does allow West Ham to compete at a financial level that Upton Park didn’t. For this reason the move is a good thing and while the atmosphere is perhaps not there yet, I have every faith in the world that West Ham’s magnificent supporters will get it back up there in due time. Moving stadium is like moving house. At first it feels a little strange but eventually once you’ve made memories there you couldn’t ever dream of doing it any other way.
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Mancini is a good manager and I actually quite like him as a person as well. This just seems to me to be a bad way to handle this scenario. If he is going to get the job, and I don’t think he will admittedly, then making excuses for failure in advance is not the best way to handle the scenario.